C| >AP. XVII. 
LAW OF BATTLE. 
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^! en the “ monarch of the chase,” who had been lashing 
•ttiself up for vengeance, came out and, in a short 
^nie killed his antagonist. He then quietly joined the 
and long held undisputed sway. Admiral Sir 
• J. Sulivan informs me that when he resided in the 
jdkland Islands he imported a young English stallion, 
'’eh, with eight mares, frequented the hills near Port 
Uliam. On these hills there were two wild stallions, 
®'Wh with a small troop of mares; “and it is certain 
<( ^ lat these stallions would never have approached each 
„ ° t!ler without fighting. Both had tried singly to fight 
l( , e English horse and drive away his mares, but had 
,. jailed. One day they came in together and attacked 
({ ll,n - This was seen by the capitan who had charge of 
, the horses, and who, on riding to the spot, found one 
1( 01 the two stallions engaged with the English horse, 
"hilst the other was driving away the mares, and had 
( already separated four from the rest. The capitan 
„ titled the matter by driving the whole party into the 
, 1 0l 'i'al, for the wild stallions would not leave the 
hi ares.” 
•^ale animals already provided with efficient cutting 
• tearing teeth for the ordinary purposes of life, as 
j. the carnivora, insectivora, and rodents, are seldom 
Wished with weapons especially adapted for lighting 
j^tu their rivals. The case is very different with the 
J|;des of many other animals. We see this in the horns 
8 tags and of certain kinds of antelopes in which 
t B . females are hornless. With many animals the 
j^ nine teeth in the upper or lower jaw, or in both, are 
ah' 1011 larger in the males than in the females; or are 
^. 8e, it in the latter, with the exception sometimes of a 
(1 ' ^ eu rudiment. Certain antelopes, the musk-deer, 
0 j! J ,r "T- horse, hoar, various apes, seals, and the walrus, 
er instances of these several cases. In the females 
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